I was feeling a little lonely for my classmates(our community based cohort) tonight and I came across this video and it just cheered me up. Do not worry! Dr Love won't hug you that way on graduation day.
Enjoy!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Ongoing Professional Development
I reviewed the PD K-12 Online Conference and I particularly like the presentation done by Kathy Cassidy and Patrick Lewis "We Like Our Blogging Buddies: the Write Stuff With Blogging Mentors". The pre teachers in the Faculty of Education and Grade One students join in partnership using blogging. The Grade One students had day-to-day opportunities to practice their literacy skills and the teachers were to see their blogging buddies' writing progress unfold.
This will help teachers improve their teaching abilities. In addition, the presenters stated that the Grade One students became very articulate. I would like to introduce this concept to the NORTEP instructor who instructs teachers on how to improve their teaching ability. This is something I can do in the future.
This will help teachers improve their teaching abilities. In addition, the presenters stated that the Grade One students became very articulate. I would like to introduce this concept to the NORTEP instructor who instructs teachers on how to improve their teaching ability. This is something I can do in the future.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Professional Development
I picked the "The Savvy Teacher" for my professional development because I have a growing interest in finding ways to get our teachers more engaged. If we do not engage our teachers, our students will never have the opportunity to use the web to enhance their learning, creativity and especially their self confidence!
This is also very timely because my major project is a professional development day for engaging middle years teachers on the importance of using the web to help bring them and our students into the 21st century. They can learn to enhance their teaching and expand strategies to allow them to teach to the multiple intelligences. Our students need to be opened up to a variety of opportunities and to explore their learning styles, to learn and express themselves in ways which are meaningful to them.
Research shows that kids playing video or online games are faced with decisions every 1 to 2 seconds and they are rewarded for those decisions, positively or negatively, every 7 to 10 seconds. This is the world they live in. We need to be able to engage them in a way that matches that world. We can only do this by using technology to engage them, help them create in ways that are meaningful to them and allow them to connect to others in the same way.
This is also very timely because my major project is a professional development day for engaging middle years teachers on the importance of using the web to help bring them and our students into the 21st century. They can learn to enhance their teaching and expand strategies to allow them to teach to the multiple intelligences. Our students need to be opened up to a variety of opportunities and to explore their learning styles, to learn and express themselves in ways which are meaningful to them.
Research shows that kids playing video or online games are faced with decisions every 1 to 2 seconds and they are rewarded for those decisions, positively or negatively, every 7 to 10 seconds. This is the world they live in. We need to be able to engage them in a way that matches that world. We can only do this by using technology to engage them, help them create in ways that are meaningful to them and allow them to connect to others in the same way.
Wordle - check it out
Please check out the gadget at the bottom of my blog page - I made a wordle with my last blog posting
What the heck is copyright anyway?
After viewing the video I felt worried that I shouldn't be doing anymore because I didn't want to break the law. So how do I turn it around - Instead of being disempowered by copyright, how do i make this work?
In pondering this question (in response to my own questions), I realize that i am not claiming these ideas as my own, but they are important enough for me to want to pass on. So how do I do this so i can teach this to other teachers and students?
My ideas -
put things into my own words (this also helps make sure I understand it)
make sure I cite it so people can tell where I got it
ask if I'm not sure
learn to live with guilt!
Too bad I can't use "Innocent until proven guilty!"
I'm glad I've learned this because it has made me more aware and cautious and I plan to look into it more.
In pondering this question (in response to my own questions), I realize that i am not claiming these ideas as my own, but they are important enough for me to want to pass on. So how do I do this so i can teach this to other teachers and students?
My ideas -
put things into my own words (this also helps make sure I understand it)
make sure I cite it so people can tell where I got it
ask if I'm not sure
learn to live with guilt!
Too bad I can't use "Innocent until proven guilty!"
I'm glad I've learned this because it has made me more aware and cautious and I plan to look into it more.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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